Andrew Young

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Known For

Acting

Born

1932-03-12

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Andrew Young

Biography

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr.

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Acting History

2025
Andrew Young: The Dirty Work as self
2025
The Games in Black & White as Himself
2024
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told as Self (archive footage)
2023
South to Black Power as Self
2023
Move When the Spirit Says Move: The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton as Self
2023
Rather as Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician
2023
This World Is Not My Own as Self
2021
Downing of a Flag as self
2021
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story as Self
2020
MLK/FBI as Self
2020
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President as Self
2020
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story as Self
2018
Backyard Wilderness as Dad
2018
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace as Self
2018
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald as Self
2018
King in the Wilderness as Self
2017
Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis as Self
2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington as Self
2011
A Man's Story as Self
2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Self
2008
Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions as Self
2005
The Colbert Report as Self
2004
Citizen King as Self
2000
The American President as Thomas Jefferson
1998
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America as Self
1997
4 Little Girls as Self - SCLC
1992
The Real Malcolm X
1982
Traveling Hopefully as Self - Ambassador
1980
A Decade of Struggle as Self
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
1970
I Am Somebody as Self
1960
Integration Report 1 as Self